One of my favorite foods have to be Colombian, I lived with Colombian relatives for about 7 years and I have to say that the experience I had living with them was absolutely amazing. The culture and traditions are wonderful and the food gives you that feeling of warmth when you eat it. "Yuyi" showed me how to cook many things from arepas, empanadas, tamales and many more dishes. She is from Cali, Colombia and her background is of African-Colombian, her food had this amazing taste that it was not enough with one serving. Something that she would cook a lot was Sancocho de Gallina and Sopa de Pollo, she would add green plantains, and corn, it would taste just delicious. She would always make different kinds of soups everyday. She told me that Colombia was big in soups and soup is always served before the main dish which consists of rice and whatever stew or meat is served with. She continues that tradition here in the Unites States with her children and grandchildren. I could never loose weight while living with her because she would always feed us. In the morning coffee with pan de bono or bunuelos, by 1:00 pm our so called "dinner" was ready and by 6:00pm coffee with pan de mantequilla or pan dulce con arequipe. Like I said we were always eating.
I hope you guys enjoy my version since I left out the green plantains (could not find them around here) and the corn.
Enjoy!!

Directions:
1. In a large pot, place chicken, butter squash, carrots, chicken bouillon and salt. If adding corn and plantain this is the time to do so. Add the water and boil for about 30 min.

2. Add the yuca, potatoes, tomato, green onions, garlic, adobo and cumin and let it boil until the yuca is cooked completely (If you used frozen yuca, since that's pre-cooked yuca just boil until potatoes are well done).

instead of me chopping the tomatoes, this is what I do, because my baby Mei-Li does not like cooked tomatoes. so she cannot tell.

3. When yuca is done stop cooking and let it sit for about 5 min. and then add the cilantro to the pot of soup.

We usually eat this with a side of white rice, avocado and a spoonful or more of Colombian aji.

Thursday, January 26, 2012

Peru has one of the most great cuisines of the world. It is the original fusion food, having influences from almost every continent over the last 500 years and combined them with ingredients and dishes that provide a direct link to the Incas. I most say that Peru is best known for ceviche, which is marinated raw seafood dish. Peru's food is remarkable for the diversity of ingredients, from wonderful fresh fish to astounding varieties of potatoes, corn and chilies, and for preparations that encompass the world, from stir-fried beef to pasta with shrimp.One of my favorite type of Peruvian food is Chifa which means "to eat rice" in Mandarin. Chifa is the Peruvian term for Chinese food. Because many Chinese ingredients are hard to find in Peru, the Chinese modified their cuisine and incorporated many Peruvian elements (mainly Spanish, native and African) into their cuisine.

My favorite Chifa dish is Pollo con piña, I hope you guys enjoy as much as I do.

1. Marinade chicken with salt, pepper, soy sauce and ginger.2. Heat oil in a large pan and drop chicken in to hot oil. Fry for about 10 minutes.3. Remove chicken from pan.4. In the same pan, add the pinapple and juice, sugar. Bring to boil.5. in a small bowl combine the water and the cornstarch moving it until is well combined.6. add the thickening to the pinapple constantly moving it until it thickens.7 Turn fire off and add red peppers and green onions

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I am a wife and a mother of four. I love to cook and not giving up after a fail attempt, I try and try until I get it right.
Cooking is the most tangible way of showing affection and a way to show our love and affection and the best way to get better results is not using fancy techniques or extravagant recipes, but by using all the love and dedication that we pour into it.
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